HIST 106 - You Are What You Eat

Institution:

Santa Clara University

Subject:

History

Description:

A world history course focusing on how the use of plants for sustenance, mood alteration, and health enhancement has differed from one civilization to another (in terms, for example, of how agriculture connects with the spread of disease and why food taboos and drug laws vary). Selected topics include the Neolithic Revolutions role in determining societies evolution and the effects of colonialism, industrialization and globalization since 1500. We explore the links between sugar plantations, slavery, and early modern empire, the conundrum that people are starving in a world which produces too much food, and the current polemic concerning the ecological and health shortcomings of todays agribusiness.

Credits:

5.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

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Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.scu.edu

Phone Number:

(408) 554-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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